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Claude Security can now spot vulnerabilities that reappear in code

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Claude Security can now spot vulnerabilities that reappear in code 2026-10-22 at 14:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec Anthropic has updated Claude Security with ongoing code scanning and automatic fix tracking to help security teams monitor vulnerabilities as software changes. The service scans codebases for vulnerabilities and suggests patches for review. It is powered by the company’s […]

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GitHub adopts cheaper AI model to catch secrets developers leave in code

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GitHub adopts cheaper AI model to catch secrets developers leave in code 2026-10-14 at 12:26 By Anamarija Pogorelec GitHub has trained a credential classifier to improve generic secret detection and reduce false alerts. The new pipeline cut median post-push scan execution time by 86% and model serving costs by more than 98% compared with its […]

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Android malware detection collapses when the context stage comes out

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Android malware detection collapses when the context stage comes out 2026-07-29 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec A phone backup app asks for storage, contacts, SMS, and call logs. A device-management tool asks for more than that. Run either one past a machine learning malware scanner and it comes back flagged. Six Android detectors in wide […]

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Ghost Accounts Abuse GitHub API in Mass Recon Campaign

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Ghost Accounts Abuse GitHub API in Mass Recon Campaign 2026-07-11 at 20:30 By Ionut Arghire Multiple campaigns are using ghost accounts to map GitHub organizations, including their repositories and members. The post Ghost Accounts Abuse GitHub API in Mass Recon Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Catching ransomware on the wire before it locks the file server

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Catching ransomware on the wire before it locks the file server 2026-07-02 at 08:00 By Sinisa Markovic Corporate networks keep sensitive files off individual workstations and store them on shared servers that staff reach through mapped network drives. That arrangement hands ransomware operators a target worth chasing. A single compromised laptop can begin encrypting files […]

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Reachability makes AI threat modeling worth the trust

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Reachability makes AI threat modeling worth the trust 2026-06-16 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Oscar Andersson, CTO at Oplane, explains why most scanning tools fail. They cry wolf, flagging threats that cannot run in real code. The argument centers on reachability. A finding counts only when someone walks […]

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Rustinel: Open-source endpoint detection for Windows and Linux

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Rustinel: Open-source endpoint detection for Windows and Linux 2026-05-11 at 08:51 By Mirko Zorz Open-source endpoint detection has long been split between Windows-focused tools built around Sysmon and Linux tools built around eBPF or auditd. Defenders running mixed environments have had to stitch together separate pipelines, separate rule sets, and separate maintenance burdens. Rustinel, a […]

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Betterleaks: Open-source secrets scanner

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Betterleaks: Open-source secrets scanner 2026-03-19 at 09:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec Secrets scanning has become standard practice across engineering organizations, and Gitleaks has been one of the most widely used tools in that space. The author of that project has now released a new tool called Betterleaks, which is designed to scan git repositories, directories, and […]

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Pompelmi: Open-source secure file upload scanning for Node.js

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Pompelmi: Open-source secure file upload scanning for Node.js 2026-02-02 at 09:10 By Sinisa Markovic Software teams building services in JavaScript are adding more layers of defense to handle untrusted file uploads. An open-source project called Pompelmi aims to insert malware scanning and policy checks directly into Node.js applications before files reach storage or business logic. […]

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CERT UEFI Parser: Open-source tool exposes UEFI architecture to uncover vulnerabilities

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CERT UEFI Parser: Open-source tool exposes UEFI architecture to uncover vulnerabilities 2026-01-28 at 09:10 By Sinisa Markovic CERT UEFI Parser, a new open-source security analysis tool from the CERT Coordination Center has been released to help researchers and defenders examine the structure of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) software and identify classes of vulnerabilities that […]

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Brakeman: Open-source vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications

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Brakeman: Open-source vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications 2026-01-26 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Brakeman is an open-source security scanner used by teams that build applications with Ruby on Rails. The tool focuses on application code and configuration, giving developers and security teams a way to identify common classes of web application risk during […]

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Bandit: Open-source tool designed to find security issues in Python code

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Bandit: Open-source tool designed to find security issues in Python code 2026-01-21 at 08:04 By Sinisa Markovic Bandit is an open-source tool that scans Python source code for security issues that show up in everyday development. Many security teams and developers use it as a quick way to spot risky coding patterns early in the […]

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QR codes are getting colorful, fancy, and dangerous

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QR codes are getting colorful, fancy, and dangerous 2026-01-15 at 08:04 By Sinisa Markovic QR codes have become a routine part of daily life, showing up on emails, posters, menus, invoices, and login screens. Security-savvy users have learned to treat links with caution, but QR codes still carry an assumption of safety. Researchers from Deakin […]

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Firmware scanning time, cost, and where teams run EMBA

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Firmware scanning time, cost, and where teams run EMBA 2026-01-14 at 13:25 By Mirko Zorz Security teams that deal with connected devices often end up running long firmware scans overnight, checking progress in the morning, and trying to explain to colleagues why a single image consumed a workday of compute time. That routine sets the […]

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sqlmap: Open-source SQL injection and database takeover tool

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sqlmap: Open-source SQL injection and database takeover tool 2025-11-10 at 11:28 By Sinisa Markovic Finding and exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities is one of the oldest and most common steps in web application testing. sqlmap streamlines this process. It is an open-source penetration testing tool that automates the detection and exploitation of SQL injection flaws and […]

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How neighbors could spy on smart homes

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How neighbors could spy on smart homes 2025-10-30 at 13:34 By Mirko Zorz Even with strong wireless encryption, privacy in connected homes may be thinner than expected. A new study from Leipzig University shows that someone in an adjacent apartment could learn personal details about a household without breaking any encryption. By monitoring the wireless […]

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Proximity: Open-source MCP security scanner

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Proximity: Open-source MCP security scanner 2025-10-29 at 08:29 By Mirko Zorz Proximity is a new open-source tool that scans Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. It identifies the prompts, tools, and resources that a server makes available, and it can evaluate how those elements might introduce security risks. The tool also work with NOVA, a rule […]

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What Chat Control means for your privacy

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What Chat Control means for your privacy 2025-10-14 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz The EU’s proposed Chat Control (CSAM Regulation) aims to combat child sexual abuse material by requiring digital platforms to detect, report, and remove illegal content, including grooming behaviors. Cybersecurity experts warn that such measures could undermine encryption, create new attack surfaces, and […]

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Nosey Parker: Open-source tool finds sensitive information in textual data and Git history

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Nosey Parker: Open-source tool finds sensitive information in textual data and Git history 2025-09-24 at 08:10 By Anamarija Pogorelec Nosey Parker is an open-source command-line tool that helps find secrets and sensitive information hidden in text files. It works like a specialized version of grep, focused on spotting things like passwords, API keys, and other […]

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Nearly 500 researchers urge EU to rethink controversial CSAM scanning proposal

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Nearly 500 researchers urge EU to rethink controversial CSAM scanning proposal 2025-09-09 at 10:22 By Mirko Zorz Nearly 500 scientists and researchers have signed an open letter warning that the latest version of the EU’s Chat Control Proposal would weaken digital security while failing to deliver meaningful protection for children. The signatories represent 34 countries […]

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